Molotovcat:GAH... Read the Joffrey=Obama part and felt the urge to kill rising, then read Tyrion=Boehner and started laughing. If we're going to play this game Boehner=Sansa you know because of the crying all the time.

Yeah - for those who don't do slides, here's the tl;dr: Republicans GOOD. Democrats BAD. Republicans are only out for justice. Democrats are wolves in sheep's clothing. RAND PAUL

dragonchild:WTF Indeed: Game of Thrones is not a master's course on political warfare.

It would make for a helluva fun conversation though, especially with some beer & weed. There are a lot of Ayn Rand and Niccolo Machiavelli undertones.

The Downfall: Well I stopped reading after this: However, Obama is often a bad realist, more Joffrey than Tywin. On the margins, the U.S. gained nothing by irritating Israel and cozying up to Russia, which had supported three UN sanctions resolutions under President Bush. It got less from Assad. The mullahs, now democracy-free, continue to enrich uranium.